How To Create Custom Error Views

Probably the most common error page users may see is the 404 error, which simply means the page cannot be found. This could happen when for example a visitor goes to /abuot rather than /about. We’ll take a look at creating a custom 404 error page first.

Create a file called 404.blade.php in this /resources/views/errors/ folder.

You can write whatever html you choose in this file to display to your users, utilising your template files if you need to. Alternatively you can stay close to the original Laravel error view template files. You’ll see in that link all the default error view files.

This example below makes a few minor tweaks to the original template, retaining the layout but changing the title and image on the right of the screen:

Something that might be useful for web apps is redirecting the user to a single defined location in the event of a 404 Not Found error instead of displaying a 404 error page. You can do this by adding a simple function in your exception handler file.